"More new variants of coronavirus are likely to emerge and some of these new mutations could evade immune responses in vaccinated individuals. Therefore, it is important that people properly follow the Covid protocols without letting their guard down,"
The seven-day average of Covid cases was nearly 841,000 on Monday, a 49 per cent rise from November 24 when Omicron was first identified in Africa.
One fresh fatality took the death toll to 8,437 while the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) at 0.35% continued to remain below 1% for almost two months.
Odisha now has 36,633 active cases while the number of recoveries stand at 8,40,214.
Odisha's overall positivity rate stands at 6.73 per cent. Over 1.27 crore samples have been tested for COVID-19 including 68,535 on Tuesday.
More than 74% of the Active Cases of the country are in Kerala and Maharashtra. Of late it is seen that there has been a spike in the daily cases in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh also. Punjab and J&K too are witnessing a surge in daily new cases.
State govt has dedicated eight new govt hospitals for Covid-19.
